Cabinet Plans

[djk]

I'm looking for some help.

 

I'm in my seventh decade and now just play for pleasure, doing the occasional open mic night with a friend. The venues we go to are quite small and more often than not they don't like a bass being plugged directly into their PA system, so I'm looking to put together a very small, lightweight and portable rig that I can take anywhere and either DI into the PA system if the house is OK with that or use directly. I have a few larger amps and combo's but having arthritis makes it a challenge to move them about, especially when just doing two or three numbers.

 

As part of the plan I have a TC Electronic D Class bass amp on order and recently picked up a used Ashdown 2x10. Which was very cheap as the cab is a wreck but the speakers are fine and want to mount the speakers in a pair of individual 1x10 cabinets that I can pair up if the need arises. I have the skills to do this, in addition being retired I have the time to make the cabs, and though my local Men's Shed have access to a full range of professional tools and woodworking machinery, what I don't have are any plans or designs.

 

I've just completed a ported 1x12 cab using an unmarked speaker which came out OK, however I'd like to be a little more "professional" with the 1x10's. 

 

If anyone knows of any plans or designs that I could use I'd be very grateful.

Edited Wednesday at 20:32 by djk
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[BassmanPaul]

Simplest is to measure the 2x10 and build two boxes half the size of the 2x10. That way the speakers should be happy in their new home.

 

[JPJ]

You could try the Basschat 1x10 here 

[chyc]

5 minutes ago, JPJ said:

You could try the Basschat 1x10 here 

Totally agree with this suggestion here. I've made it four times, and it was super easy. If you're not bothered about the tweeter just get rid of that portion and it becomes even cheaper and easier! There's a video on YouTube which uses the same build technique albeit for a 1x12 cabinet.

 

If you're near me, I have an unloaded cabinet I can give to you to try, although you would need to construct a new tweeterless baffle if that's the direction you'll be going. Ashdown drivers are different to the Basschat 1x10's Celestion Pulse10, but I can't imagine they'd be miles different.

 

 

[Downunderwonder]

9 hours ago, BassmanPaul said:

Simplest is to measure the 2x10 and build two boxes half the size of the 2x10. That way the speakers should be happy in their new home.

 

This.^

 

If it is shelf ported you could run it through the centre, slap new sides on and call it good.

 

That would only work for a tall skinny 210 as opposed to one that is squat with diagonally mounted drivers.

 

You want to maintain the cross sectional area amd length of the ports, half the area for each cabinet. Half the original cab volume each.

 

[djk]

First I'd like to thank those above for their replies so far. It looks like I'll have a go at the Basschat 1x10, or two of them. One with horn and one not. 

 

For those interested, this is the state of the cabinet I bought, which I'll look to pass on once the speakers are out. 

[Phil Starr]

Nice Job 😮😂

 

The grille looks to be in good nick and you'vegot corners and the sockets on the back. I can't tell what's underneath but I'd be looking to 'restore' rather than build a new cab. The BassChat 110 which @Stevie designed to fit the 30l cab I'd designed and built for another project would probably work fairly welll but was designed for particular Celestion speakers. they are probably similar to your speakers but won't be identical. 

 

Pull the sheet (!) off and see whats underneath, then clean that off then all you would need to do is paint it up with Tuff Cab and you have a restored Ashdown 2x10 which will be worth something. You might love it and if you don't someone else will and give you the cost of the components to make the BC110T properly,then youd have had two fun projects.

 

I think you can make this look as good as new for pocket money